[169928] in North American Network Operators' Group
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Mar 20 22:53:16 2014
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+2AP96omzTGRubB_TDE8pMEeXKoAnfFgNOgYS9WjCCxrjiX=A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:51:07 -0700
To: Jeremy <stealth702@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
The only way we will ever see real and true competition is if we =
prohibit Layer 2+ providers from playing in the Layer 1 space.
At some point, we will need to recognize that for the population =
densities in the vast majority of the united States (including most =
urban areas), Layer 1 is effectively a natural monopoly and you will =
rarely get more than one provider installing any given media type. An =
independent layer 1 provider required to provide equal access to all =
competing layer 2+ providers in each are would drive increased =
competition in L2+ services.
Owen
On Mar 20, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Jeremy <stealth702@gmail.com> wrote:
> And of course that only last until someone else decides to buy the
> competition, I mean "invest in other companies".
> On Mar 20, 2014 7:58 PM, "Mike." <the.lists@mgm51.com> wrote:
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>> On 3/20/2014 at 4:17 PM Bryan Fields wrote:
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>> |On 3/20/14, 12:34 PM, Blake Hudson wrote:
>> |> The solution seems to be competition or regulation.
>> |I'd prefer competition to regulation.
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>> If real and true competition exists, yes.
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